Reeves & Co. v. Russell
North Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe District Court of Stutsman County, Tbe statute as applied by tbe trial court is a retroactive law, impairing the obligations of a contract. Walker, Am. Law, pp. 217-222; Yeatman v. King, 2 N. D. 421, 33 Am. St. Rep. 797, 51 N. W. 728. Acts creating liens cannot be construed retroactively, because they would defeat vested rights. 8 Cyc. 900; National Rank v. Jones, 181 Okla. 560, 12 L.R.A.(N.S.) 310, 91 Pac. 191, 11 Ann.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe District Court of Stutsman County, Tbe statute as applied by tbe trial court is a retroactive law, impairing the obligations of a contract. Walker, Am. Law, pp. 217-222; Yeatman v. King, 2 N. D. 421, 33 Am. St. Rep. 797, 51 N. W. 728. Acts creating liens cannot be construed retroactively, because they would defeat vested rights. 8 Cyc. 900; National Rank v. Jones, 181 Okla. 560, 12 L.R.A.(N.S.) 310, 91 Pac. 191, 11 Ann. Cas. 1041;. Toledo, D. & P. R. Co. v. Hamilton, 134 U. S. 296, 33 L. ed. 905, 10' Sup. Ct. Rep. 546; Crowther v. Fidelity Ins. Trust & S. D. Co.…
1Opinion of the CourtGoss, J.
Plaintiff corporation brings this action to foreclose its. chattel mortgage upon a threshing engine, and to determine priority of liens thereon, and particularly as against a blacksmith’s lien filed against the engine by Boyle Brothers, defendants. Plaintiff sold the engine to one Russell in 1906, taking a mortgage back, which was duly filed and has been renewed, and admittedly is, and always has been, a valid lien upon the property. On April 11, 1911, Russell wrote plaintiff for its. written consent to a sale of the mortgaged engine, receiving a reply dated April 15, 1911, in effect…
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